With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life.

  • -- Frederick Soddy 弗雷德里克·索迪

在我们对自然力量的全部掌握中,我们坚持这样一种观点,即为生存而斗争是生命的一个永久和必要条件。

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Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.

在正常情况下,研究科学家不是创新者,而是解谜者,而他所关注的谜题恰恰是那些他认为可以在现有的科学传统中陈述和解决的谜题。

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

啊,掌握……当一个人终于掌握了一套新的技能时,那是一种多么令人满足的感觉啊……然后看到新门下的光明,这些技能可以打开,即使另一扇门正在关闭。

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

每个人都认为我是一个闷闷不乐、没有安全感的小东西。这些只是我的一面,我觉得有必要展示出来,因为似乎没有其他人在展示它们。

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

我们的贫困生活和工作本身一样必要。只有在天堂里,我们才能看到我们是多么感激穷人,因为他们帮助我们更好地爱上帝。

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

我们谈论我们对自然的掌握,这听起来很伟大;但事实是,我们尊重自己,首先,适应她的方式。

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.

所有的历史都是处于社会发展不同阶段的统治阶级之间的阶级斗争的历史。

We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving.

我们愿意相信,在我们的一生中,人类的状况正在改善。

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

所有的艺术都是一种挣扎,以一种特殊的方式,成为有道德的人。